The Voices of Bears Ears videos win award
San Juan County is the focus of marketing efforts that recently won a prestigious award for the Utah Office of Tourism.The Voices of Bears Ears, a four-part video series, earned an Adr…
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The wedding rug
Attached to the cash register at Twin Rocks Trading Post is a piece of tape. On that tape is a handwritten note. The note reads, “Navajo Wedding Rug.” This is the story of that piece o…The Winter of My Discontent
Truth be told, I’m discontent every winter. I don’t like cold or snow or wind. I threaten to move back to Southern Arizona each year. I was recently talking to a friend about how I hat…
The wonders of the Lehman Caves
When I first read Pigeon Feathers by John Updike, I thought it was lame. A lover of birds, I didn’t like the boy slaughtering pigeons in a barn where they couldn’t escape. Fourteen-yea…
The writing on the wall
Three of the figures were leaping, left legs extended, right legs leaving the ground, arms out for balance; one was skipping; one doing yoga, and one twirling like an alien ballerina. …
Thelma Kay (Katie) Musselman Collard
June 28, 1941 ~ June 16, 2021 On Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Thelma Kay (Katie) Musselman Collard, a loving wife, mother, and granny, passed away at age 79. Katie was born on June 28, 19…
There is much crows and ravens can teach us
“Once upon a midnight dreary...” begins the poem, The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe. It tells the story of a man who has lost his beloved Lenore and yearns for her presence only to be told…There’s magic in the air at the San Juan County Fair starting this Saturday
“There’s Magic in the Air at the San Juan County Fair” is the theme of the 2019 San Juan County Fair, which runs August 3-10 at the San Juan County Fairgrounds in Monticello. The fair …
These days, Gary goes glamping
Okay, I am on another adventure with the in-laws camping at Maroon Bells in Colorado. We call it camping, but it is nothing close to how I used to camp. Apparently what I do now is cal…
These happy little trees are healthy
Now, as much as I enjoyed watching Bob Ross on PBS Saturday afternoons, my talent in painting went as far as that. I tried many a time with several paint mediums, but my eyes and hand …
These spears are both edible and healthy
Before the internet and cable and satellite television, home cooks found out about new recipes, food products, growing and harvesting of fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs by only a fe…They are people too!
As a young man, I developed a serious aversion to pulling weeds. Maybe it was because no matter how many you extracted, there were always more coming up. Whatever the reason, I hate th…